A former Senate Leader, Senator Ali Ndume, has asked the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) to take punitive measures against anyone found culpable of job fixing for children and relatives of influential personalities especially the political office holders.
He said Buhari should criminalise such act because it was wrong to deny eligible applicants right to employment as a result of social status.
Ndume stated this during a chat with journalists on Tuesday.
He said government should as a matter of urgency, investigate every reported cases of job fixing for privileged children at the expense of eligible ones.
He said those found guilty should be tried in competent courts of law.
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The Senator, who is the Chairman, Senate Committee on Army, said every eligible Nigerian job seeker should be given equal opportunity irrespective of their social status.
He said, “Giving available jobs to children of those in positions of power at the expense of qualified ones is very wrong and should be discontinued.
“This country will not have peace until sons and daughters of nobody can become somebody without knowing anybody.”
